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Languages

Python
R
Bash
SQL

Packages

pyspark
pysparkling
tidymodels
sklean
shiny

Cloud

Databricks (Azure/GCP/AWS)
H2O.ai
RStudio Connect
Docker

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Thom Flaherty

Data Science and Machine Learning Engineer Generalist, with a focus on providing end-to-end modeling solutions. Background in visual and UI/UX design.

Education

M.S., Mathematics, Data Science

University of Nebraska

Omaha, NE

2018 - 2017

  • Focused on machine learning and interactive visualizations.
  • Thesis: Tools to Combat the Opioid Crisis

B.S., Mathematics

University of Nebraska

Omaha, NE

2016 - 2015

  • Tutored upper level mathematics.

Industry Experience

Data Science Engineer

Spreetail

Omaha, NE

2022 - 2021

  • Worked closely with business stakeholders to develop, deploy, and maintain a multitude of models, providing deep insight and predictive analytics.
  • Developed standard operating procedures while standing up Azure Databricks environments.
  • Optimized models to utilize parallelism via Apache Spark, ensuring scalability.

Senior Analytics Developer

Nebraska Medicine

Omaha, NE

2021 - 2019

  • Worked to implement, analyze, and validate patient safety and value-driven initiatives.
  • Implemented and maintained RStudio Connect.
  • Built and deployed COVID-19 inpatient forecasting models as well as a community transmission rate calculator.

Data Science / Machine Learning Consultant

The Tvrdik Group

Omaha, NE

2021 - 2020

  • Built customer experience clustering methods as well as model API solutions.

Data Scientist

Nebraska Methodist Health Systems

Omaha, NE

2019 - 2017

  • Envisioned, prototyped, and implemented data science and visualization standards.
  • Developed and deployed opioid analysis and visualizations leading to a decrease in provider overprescribing.

Data Science Intern

Nebraska Applied Research Institute

Omaha, NE

2017 - 2016

  • Utilized a mixed-effects model to analyze and validate nurse retraining.